NBC News reports Serbia's horrific institutions a relic of the past
NBC News reports Serbia's horrific institutions a relic of the past
Subotica reports on round table on the rights of children with disabilities
Round table on the rights of children with disabilities
Press in Serbia Covers MDRI-S Demand to Stop Institutionalization
NIN Press covers MDRI-S demand to stop institutionalization in article, "Residential institution Veternik between old habits and new rules"
DRI Litigation Docket 2023 (Public)
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DRI conducts litigation at the national and international level to enforce and expand the right of children and adults to live in the community with choices equal to others. Our cases seek immediate protections from neglect, denial of basic care, violence and trafficking and systemic changes in law and policies to address the root causes of segregation and abuse. See DRI's global docket of cases here.
Report: Serbia's Forgotten Children
Disability Rights International and Mental Disability Rights initiative of Serbia released a report today, Forgotten Children of Serbia, documenting that Serbia has failed to address severe human rights violations and abuses in its institutions that constitute inhuman and degrading treatment – and in some cases amount to torture.
Serbia’s Forgotten Children
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This report, Forgotten Children of Serbia, is based on findings of investigations conducted from 2019 to the present by DRI and the Mental Disability Rights Initiative of Serbia (MDRI-S) and, focusing especially on children, shows that these human rights concerns have been permitted to continue. The Serbian government has been put on notice about the atrocious conditions, abuse, and torture taking place in its facilities through years of advocacy by DRI, MDRI-S, and other allies and has failed to take action or hold abusers accountable.
From horror to hope….because of you!
Dear Friend of DRI,
Several years ago, DRI investigated and exposed the horrendous conditions of thousands of poor and disabled children living in institutions in Serbia. So egregious were the abuses, that we called what we had uncovered torture. The United Nations’ top experts agreed with us and DRI led an international campaign to end torture in Serbian orphanages. As a result, Serbia banned new placements in orphanages, supporting families instead.
DRI’s Serbia affiliate releases human rights report: The Hidden and Forgotten
Washington, DC -- May 6, 2013 -- Last week, DRI's affiliate in Serbia, the Mental Disability Rights Initiative of Serbia (MDRI-S), released the English version of The Hidden and Forgotten, a human rights report exposing the abuses inside Serbia's institutions for children and adults with disabilities. Click here to read the report.
Historic Victory against Segregation in Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia--July 28, 2011-- Disability Rights International's partner in Serbia, Mental Disability Rights Initiative (MDRI-S), supported by a wide network of human rights and disability groups, succeeded this week in pressuring the European Union to back down from funding the reconstruction of six institutions for people with disabilities in Serbia. The €5.1 million ($7.3 million USD) project has now been redrafted to support the creation of community services that allow children and adults to leave institutions and live in the community
NBC Nightly News - DRI Serbia report
Torment Not Treatment (2011)